Mijal Iastrebner

Mijal Iastrebner is the co-founder and executive director of SembraMedia. She also is a journalist, entrepreneur and teacher based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

She has worked as a professor in the Master’s program in Journalism at La Nación and at the Torcuato Di Tella University in Argentina, in the Journalism Diploma at the University of San Andrés and developed the Entrepreneurial Journalism Journalism program for the School of Journalism TEA. In 2016, she participated as an instructor in the Entrepreneurial Journalism MOOC at the Texas University of Journalism in Austin.

She began her journalistic career launching her own magazine at age 22 and leading a team of 20 people. At the age of 24, she started working as a digital startup consultant, specializing in ​​monetization and management. She worked for international companies, such as Coca Cola, on online education and brand development projects.

In 2015 she co-founded SembraMedia with Janine Warner and since then she has managed an international team of journalists, researchers, consultants and developers.

Mijal has participated as a speaker and panelist in international conferences such as ISOJ, Media Party and the Perugia International Journalism Festival.